The platypus is not a hybrid.
The platypus is not a hybrid.
The platypus is not a hybrid.
Okay, now that we've gotten that out of the way, let's have some fun. Every time you see one, you can be the one to explain that the platypus belongs to a unique lineage of mammals that, while awesome, is not a beaver-duck hybrid (or maybe that's just what I'll do). Please share more in the comments.
From Tracy Heath, via the blog "Something that I like":
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| Venn diagrams were never so awesome. |
From Clement Chow via cheezeburger.com:
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From a comment, via cheezeburger.com:
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From Clement Chow, artwork by styrofoamdiablo:
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| "Beaver+Duck-Eggo: Platypus" by styrofoamdiablo |
From Clement Chow, from shirtwoot:
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| "Mystery of the Platypus Solved" from shirtwoot |
From Jacob A. Tennessen (at OSU), the Platypus Trophy, which is awarded to either the Oregon Ducks, or the Oregon State Beavers, after their annual football game.
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| Platypus Trophy |
5 Comments
https://me.yahoo.com/a/JxVN0eQFqtmgoY7wC1cZM44ET_iAanxHQmLgYgX_Zhn8#57cad · 20 December 2013
I suspect it was a Nazi experiment to flood the Soviet Union by inundating them with flying beavers. Instead of duckwings, they grew duckbills, and couldn't even chew down trees any more.
Are they really a hybrid, though? Just thought I'd ask...
The non-quack vocalization of the platypus (goes on to other videos, though, but next one is a nice pic of swimming platypus)
Glen Davidson
Henry J · 20 December 2013
Hybrid? Just try to get down with one of those guys!
Robert Byers · 21 December 2013
are there pictures of the pig-ape hybrid? For some evolutionists it would just be pictures of people!! Just a joke. I understand most evolutionists have come out against the pig/ape equals people idea. Whew.
This YEC said before its really a classification error.
The platypus is not a unique mammal lineage as there is no mammal division in the world. Just groups of traits that old school thinkers grouped together because of a lack of imagination.
The platypus actually shows a true equation in nature. traits follow need. no big deal to lay eggs for anything. Its not defining trait for relationship or descent. Its just a hunch from the past.
In fact the platypus is only further on the spectrum along with the marsupial differences. yet marsupials are just the same types as the placentals. Just a few adaptations needed at the time. tHis explains the likeness of looks and not the unlikely claim of convergent evolution. Too easily invoked and not needed.
thomasjneal.nz · 21 December 2013
Matt Young · 22 December 2013